Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin National Trust's Cyclists Welcome manager Zsolt Schuller at A La Ronde, near Exeter. Carlton Reid The U.K.
’s National Trust is Europe’s largest conservation charity, owning more than 500 historic houses, castles, parks, and gardens, and hundreds of miles of English, Welsh, and Nothern Irish coastline. For an annual membership fee, the Trust’s six million members gain free entry to all sites throughout the year. (For similar benefits, the Trust's American supporters can join the Royal Oak Foundation .
) “The vast majority of people drive to Trust properties,” admits Zsolt Schuller, the Trust’s relatively new Cyclist Welcome Project Manager . “Part of my role,” he adds, “is to recognize the opportunity to open us up to more active and sustainable travel.” His job was newly created.
“The role came about because our head of data, Huw Davies, in 2022, took a sabbatical and cycled to 624 National Trust properties and collected data about his experiences,” said Schuller. Davies gathered information on cycle parking, signage, and whether properties filled up cyclists' water bottles for free. “[Huw] realized that we welcome people on bikes inconsistently and made the case for somebody to develop a consistent welcome across all of our places,” said Schuller.
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